Teams that can pull off the shocker come section time
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Did the retaliation penalties come from NSP's top players?greenway1969 wrote:Just saw North St. Paul again. Although it was only against Irondale, I'd be very concerned if I drew them in the first round. They passed the puck extemely well and seem to be playing with confidence. However, they once again took two very bad penalties, both of them were retaliations.
Looking at the games where they have played well against ranked teams (Hill, St. Thomas, South St. Paul, and Mahtomedi), NSP has had very few penalties.
If they plan to do well in sections, NSP will need to play smart and stay out of the penalty box.
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I agree. If anyone's going to beat a top 4 team in 3AA, it's Hastings. They were much better against East last night than they have been the past few years.wbmd wrote:Laugh if you want, however, Hastings could pull off an upset in 3AA.
Not saying it will happen, but they've got a better chance than a number of the other likely 5-seeds out there.
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Sec. Shocker (Why)
1A - New Prague (Coach)
2A - Mound (Goalie)
3A - Marshall (LOFT in the top 4 seeds)
4A - South St. Paul (Goalie)
5A - Proctor (Toughness)
6A - Little Falls (Coach)
7A - Central (No Tomorrow)
8A - East Grand Forks (They have come a long way from their horrible start and games are played in their barn!)
1AA - Lakeville North (Rivalry with South)
2AA - Burnsville (Coach)
3AA - Apple Valley (Last years close loss)
4AA - Stillwater (God are they due!)
5AA - Maple Grove (Over Confidence by the others)
6AA - BSM (Coach)
7AA - Grand Rapids (Coach and battle tested. Played in a lot of tight games)
8AA - Brainerd (Pure anger after getting shafted in the seeding)
1A - New Prague (Coach)
2A - Mound (Goalie)
3A - Marshall (LOFT in the top 4 seeds)
4A - South St. Paul (Goalie)
5A - Proctor (Toughness)
6A - Little Falls (Coach)
7A - Central (No Tomorrow)
8A - East Grand Forks (They have come a long way from their horrible start and games are played in their barn!)
1AA - Lakeville North (Rivalry with South)
2AA - Burnsville (Coach)
3AA - Apple Valley (Last years close loss)
4AA - Stillwater (God are they due!)
5AA - Maple Grove (Over Confidence by the others)
6AA - BSM (Coach)
7AA - Grand Rapids (Coach and battle tested. Played in a lot of tight games)
8AA - Brainerd (Pure anger after getting shafted in the seeding)
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7A could be very interesting
Virginia-Top team and has most experience, picked to go.
Falls- Has its chances, when this team plays they are good
Hibbing- Getting hott as of late, beat virginia and played well against hermantown
Marshall- who knows, win it all or might lose first round
Central- like what was said earlier, playing for the last season and will put it all on the line, that first game with marshall should be interesting
Virginia-Top team and has most experience, picked to go.
Falls- Has its chances, when this team plays they are good
Hibbing- Getting hott as of late, beat virginia and played well against hermantown
Marshall- who knows, win it all or might lose first round
Central- like what was said earlier, playing for the last season and will put it all on the line, that first game with marshall should be interesting
Tonka getting beat in sections by Wayzata or EP will not be a huge upset.stilly5hm3 wrote:6AA-as much as tonka will be the favorite in every game they play how many times do we see a team run the table and get tested with tough games as much as tonka will?For any team other then tonka to win the section it will be a huge upset, but i can any of the 2-5 doing it. Bendilde is just the right team to ride a hot goalie all the way to the state tourney.so is hopkins.
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Agreed. Slight upset, but not anything out of the ordinary. If I had to bet money on a gauranteed team to win a section I would definitely not put my money on Tonka.shakey wrote:Tonka getting beat in sections by Wayzata or EP will not be a huge upset.stilly5hm3 wrote:6AA-as much as tonka will be the favorite in every game they play how many times do we see a team run the table and get tested with tough games as much as tonka will?For any team other then tonka to win the section it will be a huge upset, but i can any of the 2-5 doing it. Bendilde is just the right team to ride a hot goalie all the way to the state tourney.so is hopkins.